Jarabe De Palo

The Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo (strictly translated as "wood syrup" in English) was formed in Barcelona in the early '90s by vocalist and guitarist Pau Donés with guitarist Jordi Mena, drummer Alex Tenas, percussionist Dani Forcada and bassist Joan Gené. Donés, an early fan of the Beatles and Bob Marley, formed his first band with his brother, but then found another lineup for the newly named Jarabe de Palo. The group's 1997 album La Flaca did well on the charts in the group's native land. De Vuelta Y Vuelta was issued four years later. ~ John Bush

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Pau explained in an interview that the name "jarabe de Palo" comes from a popular saying that grandmas and mothers used to tell their kids when they were not behaving properly..."si no te portas bien te voy a dar jarabe de palo" meaning that they would heal them with jarabe "as in cough syrup" de palo " slang for a good beating"

The bands name like most of their lyrics is a double entendre. Syrup stick is a more accurate translation. Syrup usually refers to medicine (i.e Cough Syrup) and stick is tough discipline . But Palo could also be a drumstick used in percussion so their beat could be medicine (as in for the soul). Wood would more likely be madiera not palo. The guy who wrote the bio must never have listened to them. If you want to learn the richness of the spanish language read their poetic lyrics.

a.Hist. Applied (in opposition to Greek) to what pertains to the peoples of Western Europe, viewed in their relations with the Eastern Empire and with the Saracens and Turks; b.Used as a designation for the European peoples which speak languages descended from Latin; often with implication of the erroneous notion that these peoples are of Roman descent. Also ellipt. for Latin American.

A latino is many things, but first and foremost in a spanish speaking countries it is used to describe a person that speaks a languague that derives from latin. Henceforth, Spanish derives from latin and we describe ourselves as Latinos (as stated in the prefix of the word).

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And Pandora, please change the translation from the nonsensical wood syrup definition that you have here to the good whoopin translation the fits better with the bio of the band, as well as the incredibly ironic quality of most of their lyrics, nearly all of which is lost in translation.